Varsha Bollamma is an Indian actress who predominantly works in

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and

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films. She debuted in the Tamil film '' Sathuran'' (2015). Her works include ''

Yaanum Theeyavan ''Yaanum Theeyavan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil Action film, action crime film, crime thriller film written and directed by debut director Prashanth G. Sekar. The film is based on a number of true events collectively. Prashanth G. Sekar is a form ...

'' (2017), '' Kalyanam'' (2018), ''

Seemathurai ''Seemathurai'' is a 2018 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Santhosh Thyagarajan in his film debut. The film stars Geethan Britto and Varsha Bollamma in the lead roles. Cast * Geethan Britto as Marudhu * Varsha Bollamma as Poorni * Adesh ...

'' (2018) and ''

Bigil ''Bigil'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports action film written and directed by Atlee and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay in the titular role. It also stars Nayanthara, Jacki ...

'' (2019).

Early life and career

Varsha was born in

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and brought up in

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. She graduated in

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from

Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Mount Carmel College (MCC) is an autonomous college located in Bangalore, India, affiliated to Bengaluru City University. It is one of the first women’s colleges established in 1944 in Trichur as 'Carmel College' under the Madras University a ...

. She is fluent in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

, and

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and has learnt to speak

as well. Varsha initially became known for Dubsmash videos of

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's dialogue in '' Raja Rani''. Varsha made her acting debut with the film '' Sathuran'' (2015). Varsha played an important role in ''

Vetrivel ''Vetrivel'' is a 2016 Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vasantha Mani. The film stars Sasikumar, Miya, Prabhu and Nikhila Vimal, while Viji Chandrasekhar, Ananth Nag and Varsha Bollamma portray supporting roles. The film, fea ...

'' (2016) with

M. Sasikumar Mahalingam Sasikumar (born 28 September 1974) is an Indian film director, actor, singer and producer. He worked as an assistant director for director Bala in '' Sethu'' (1999), also worked for director Ameer in his first two films ''Mounam Pe ...

. She played the daughter of

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. Her other films are ''

Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha ''Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Suresh Kumar, a former assistant of Suseenthiran. The film stars television actor Vishnu, Varsha Bollamma, and Ishaara Nair in the lead roles. This ...

'' (2017) and ''

'' (2017). Varsha made her Malayalam debut in 2018 with the film, '' Kalyanam''. In the same year, she played in another Malayalam movie, ''

Mandharam ''Mandharam'' is an Indian Malayalam-language romance film directed by Vijesh Vijay and scripted by M. Sajas, with Asif Ali in the lead role. The film was produced by Monisha Rajeev and Tinu Thomas under the banner of Magic Mountain Cinemas. ...

'' with Asif Ali. She played a small role, in '' '96'' alongside

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

and

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, which made her name in Tamil films. She also played in ''

''. In 2019, she acted in

Samuthirakani Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the N ...

starrer '' Pettikadai''. Her third Malayalam film came in the year 2019. She played in ''

Soothrakkaran ''Soothrakkaran'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Anil Rraj and produced by Tomy Varghese and Wichu Balamurali. Co-written by Wichu Balamurali, the film stars Gokul Suresh, Niranj Maniyanpilla R ...

'' with

Gokul Suresh Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is the son of film actor and politician Suresh Gopi. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Christ University and did in ...

. She played a football player in ''

'' (2019) scripted and directed by Atlee.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bollamma, Varsha Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses from Bangalore People from Kodagu district